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^{MHE throbl)ii)g hues of the heavens above, 
^ Soft, drifting clouds — God's banner of love, 
A shimmer o'er forest, and field, and brook. 
And shadows that nestle in shady nook — 
All are unlieeded by ^Vdelaide, 
As she wanders alone to the mountain glade; 
Her heart is with Edwin, fai-. far at sea : 
And she lingers long by the trysting tree. 






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>(il)'tHE luouiitaiii lii<Kjk at her feet flows ou, P i^ 

Singiiio' its sjentlc inmiiinriiig song, 

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Sparkling, and dunijling. and eatcliing witli gleo, 

Sliadows of clondk't. or waving tree: */, 

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Flowing along througli shady dell. 
Blending its note witii cattle hell : 
Winding through woodland where grasses dank. 
And delicate ferns hang over its hank ; 
Singing and flowing — 
% Where hare-liells are growing — 

Laughing and free. 
Hasting forever on to the sea. 






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DELAIDE sits in tlu> trystiiig place, 
'• Her liands clasped over her tear-stained face. 
Chanting her plaint, as the shadows grow long 
Pouring her heartache out in a song. 
'• Will he ii.evei\ neoer come buck to me.' 
•• Has the treacherous icave 
'• Tossed the sailvr ljr((,ce 
'■ Into the sen — 

■' Into the (inns of sen-)ii/iiijihs fnir, 
'■•Mermaids in son.theni sea! 



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OW through the gloaming, "-*^ 

Ovep the stlhs 
Leapeth lier lover. 
Impatient the while ; 

Calling her softly — repeating her name — 
I'nder the siiade of the maple he eanie. 
'■Adelaide!" ••Adelaide!" low is his tone. 
Gentle its eadenee as brooklet's sweet moan. 



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^IIK heard not his call, nor the stir of the leaves, 

^^ Her head is bowed low, for her maiden heart orieves ; 

He whispered, '• my Adelaide, bride of my heart. 

I've eome for thee — never again will we part." 

She saw, as one sees in a vision or dream, 

When things not of earth a reality seem ; 

!She shrank from his toneh as he came to her side — 

Then, fell (.m his breast. 

Hope, fear, all at rest : 

Love lighting lu'r face 

In that dying embrace — 
Never his bride. 









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